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          BuildingBartholdi Fountain and Gardens|June 10, 2020Bartholdi Gardens serves as a home landscape demonstration garden and showcases innovative plant combinations in a variety of styles and design themes.
    BuildingBotanic Garden Administrative Building|June 10, 2020The offices of the United States Botanic Garden's (USBG) executive director are located in a residential building at the south end of Bartholdi Park.
    BuildingThurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building|June 10, 2020Completed in 1992, the Thurgood Marshall building cost $101 million, providing more than 600,000 square feet of rentable space within its overall million-square-foot interior.
    BuildingSupreme Court Building|June 10, 2020The design of the Supreme Court building achieved a balance between classical grandeur and quiet dignity, appropriate for the nation's highest court.
    BuildingBrumidi Corridors|June 10, 2020Brumidi created the overall design for the corridors and directed its execution by artists of many nationalities. His immediate assistants included Italians Albert Peruchi and Ludwig Odense, Germans Joseph Rakemann and Henry Walther, and an English artist, James Leslie.
    BuildingRussell Senate Office Building|June 9, 2020The Richard Brevard Russell Senate Office Building (1903–1908) is the oldest of the Senate office buildings as well as a significant example of the Beaux Arts style of architecture.
    BuildingHart Senate Office Building|June 9, 2020The Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building is the third and newest office structure designed and built to serve the United States Senate.
    BuildingDirksen Senate Office Building|June 9, 2020The Everett McKinley Dirksen Senate Office Building was the second of three office buildings constructed for the United States Senate.
    BuildingThomas Jefferson Building|June 9, 2020Until the Thomas Jefferson Building opened in 1897, the Library of Congress was housed in the U.S. Capitol's west center building.
    BuildingPackard Campus|June 9, 2020The Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center is located on 45 acres near Culpeper, Virginia, 75 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.
    BuildingJohn Adams Building|June 9, 2020The John Adams Building contains 180 miles of shelving and can hold ten million volumes. When it opened in 1939, it tripled the Library of Congress' shelving capacity.
    BuildingJames Madison Memorial Building|June 9, 2020The Madison Building is an unusual combination of a national shrine contained in a working building serving both as the Library's third major structure and as this nation's official memorial to President James Madison.
    BuildingRayburn House Office Building|June 9, 2020The Rayburn House Office Building is the third and largest office building constructed for the use of the House of Representatives; it contains three artworks depicting its namesake. It occupies a site south of the Capitol bounded by Independence Avenue, South Capitol Street, C Street SW and First
    BuildingO'Neill House Office Building|June 9, 2020The Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. House Office Building is the fifth office building now occupied by the U.S. House of Representatives.
    BuildingLongworth House Office Building|June 9, 2020Completed in the spring of 1933, the seven-story Longworth House Office Building is the second of three office buildings constructed for the United States House of Representatives.
    BuildingCannon House Office Building|June 9, 2020The Cannon House Office Building (constructed beginning in 1905 and completed in 1908) is the oldest congressional office building and a significant example of the Beaux Arts style of architecture.
    BuildingCapitol Power Plant|June 9, 2020The Capitol Power Plant provides steam and chilled water used to heat and cool buildings throughout the U.S. Capitol campus.
    BuildingFord House Office Building|June 9, 2020The Gerald R. Ford House Office Building, acquired by the Architect of the Capitol in April 1975, is the fourth of the current office buildings occupied by the U.S. House of Representatives. It is located southwest of the Capitol on city Square 581, a site bounded by 2nd Street, 3rd Street, D Street
    ProjectAdams Building Garage RepairBy Sarah Davis|November 19, 2019The John Adams Building Garage Repair replaced structural concrete and waterproofing to extend the life of the garage.
    ProjectExhibition Hall RenovationsBy Sarah Davis|February 19, 2019The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is redesigning Exhibition Hall. Visitors will encounter a dynamic and educational environment that will to inform, involve and inspire them about Congress' role in the democratic process.
    ProjectConservatory Façade and Roof RestorationBy Sarah Davis|April 3, 2017Aside from a modest addition at the rear of the building, the historic USBG Conservatory exterior remains unchanged from its 1933 appearance. It contains two courtyard gardens and 10 garden rooms under glass, totaling 28,944 square feet of growing space, and also has two exhibit galleries.
    ProjectChildren's Garden ImprovementsBy Sarah Davis|March 13, 2017Improvements include a new platform climbing structure, a new vine tunnel, a new digging area, expanded seating areas and additional shade structures. Spaces to dig, explore, plant, water and care for plants remain in the updated garden.
    ProjectRussell Exterior Envelope ProjectBy Sarah Davis|November 3, 2016The Architect of the Capitol, in conjunction with the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, has completed a three-sequence restoration project to preserve the exterior envelope of the century-old building.
    ProjectSupreme Court Façade Restoration - North, South and EastBy Sarah Davis|March 29, 2016The stone was cleaned to remove general soil, black gypsum crusts, biological deposits and copper stains. The mortar and sealants in the joints of the marble were replaced and the non-functional bird deterrent system was replaced. General cleaning used low-pressure water and environmentally friendly
    ProjectBartholdi Park ImprovementsBy Sarah Davis|December 8, 2015The United States Botanic Garden and Architect of the Capitol have made improvements to provide a safe and accessible route from Bartholdi Park to the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial and upgrade the aging infrastructure of the historic Park.
    ProjectAccessible Pathway for the Capitol CampusBy Sarah Davis|April 17, 2015The Architect of the Capitol's work to improve the accessible pathway for the Capitol campus and meet standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Work around the House, Senate and Library buildings is complete.
    ProjectCapitol Exterior Preservation - Stone and MetalBy Sarah Davis|April 13, 2015Work includes cleaning of the stone and pediment sculpture, replacement of the mortar and sealants at all of the stone joints, treatment of the carved stone and pediment sculpture, replacement of stone where elements are missing or cannot be repaired, and replacement of the bird deterrent systems
    ProjectStructural Analysis of Calder's Mountains and CloudsBy Sarah Davis|December 22, 2014Mountains and Clouds , installed in the Hart Senate Office Building Atrium in 1986, was the last work of Alexander Calder (1898-1976), one of America's greatest twentieth-century sculptors. This sculpture, his only work with a separate mobile and stabile, consists of four organically shaped clouds
    ProjectGrant Memorial ConservationBy Sarah Davis|September 10, 2014The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is regularly maintained to keep it in good condition.
    ProjectHart Building Roof and Skylight ReplacementBy Matt Guilfoyle|July 7, 2014In December 2014, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) began replacing the roof and 180 skylights and upgrading the fall protection system on the Hart Senate Office Building . The roof and skylights, which were installed in 1982, had reached the end of their useful life and, over time, had allowed
    
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